PC Software You Didn't Know Exists: From iRinger to LogMeInPro

With plenty of software around, there are always a few gems that everybody misses.

iRinger: The iRinger is finally here and so is a solution for all those paid ringtone downloads on your iphone. The iRinger can use any music or video file that you have access to and convert it into a ringtone, which can then be transferred to your iphone using a SCP/SFTP. iRinger can easily extract the audio component out of a movie file and can thus gives you the option of using videos from youtube.com to make your own ringtones. You can also use any other video source file like .flv .wmv .avi to extract the audio out of it and make your own ringtone.

Using the extracted file, you can choose the portion you want and crop the remaining portions. Since you will only be exporting the wanted portion as a ringtone file, you will not incur any change to the original file. This exported file can then be imported into itunes and later transferred to an iphone. And what more, this software is absolutely free.

Camtasia Studio 5.1: Every wondered how people were able to make videos of applications running on their computer and post it on youtube? Camtasia studio is a screen capture software that allows you to record your computer screen. Camtasia is considered to be one of the easiest software to handle and has a lot of add-ins which make it more user friendly.

Camtasia also gives the option of recording the entire screen or just capture one part of the screen. Camtasia also allows you to recording voice along with the screen capture, or you can also add music or an audio file to your recorded video. There is also an option for adding an additional third music or an audio file that can be used as a background file. This is very useful or handy when you want to record a power point presentation with voice and distribute it to people. You can also add music to specific portion of the video. These recorded files can be converted directly into a video file.

LogMeInPro: This is best suited for people who are constantly on the move and are tired of carrying their laptops everywhere. LogMeIn Pro is a remote access software that allows you to log into your personal computer from anywhere in the world through am internet connection. This software overcomes many disadvantages faced by the Remote Desktop connection.

This program allows you to connect to your powered PC connected to the internet from any other PC in the world through a secure remote internet connection. Only you can access it as each computer is designated a secure username and password. This program allows you to play music from your remote computer and is especially useful for people who do not want to store songs and other media files on the office computers. LogMeIn can also get you across the office firewall to access Instant Messengers, which are otherwise not accessible at the work place.

You can also print files from your remote computer in the printers connected to the current computer that you are using. It also gives you the option of inviting another user to access your remote computer either will full or limited access thus enabling a mini meeting. Large files which are otherwise too big to transfer through email can be instantly share between the two computers through a quick file sharing feature. There are many other smart features that will let you use your personal computer or your laptop as a remote file exchange server.